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The GITEX Technology Week, held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) every year, is considered the gateway to one of the world’s fastest emerging and investment-ready information and communication technology (ICT) markets–the Middle East. This year, the GITEX Technology Week will be held from October 9, 2011, to October 13, 2011. Kerala IT has invited applications from …

Chennai based software and media services company, AccelTransmatic, a part of Rs 500 crore Accel group, has opened its new software development centre in the L&T SEZ at Infopark, Kochi. The new development centre will augment its existing facility at The Technopark, Trivandrum. Creating the new facility is part of Accel’s initiative to expand foot print geographically; to attract talent …

“Facebook and Gmail keep a spying eye on you every time you log on, so that maximum personal data of the user can be extracted.  Despite the dissent and protest by several million users of FB and G mail, they are continuing with the information extraction as this info can be for attracting advertisers”, said Prof. Sree Sreenivasan,  digital media …

Oracle has been the center of innovation for business software—birthplace of the first commercially available relational database, the first suite of internet-based applications, and the next-generation enterprise-computing platform, Oracle Fusion. Today, Oracle provides the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—representing a variety of sizes and …

Technopark based GES Infotek celebrating its 6th year in technopark. GES Infotek is a subsidiary of Global Equipment Services (GES Inc.) a San Jose, US based company working in Design engineering, Contract manufacturing, Field service Engineering. The company formerly known as Wins Infotek Pvt Ltd was started in Technology Park, Trivandrum, India in the year 2005. The company has an …

Aptara Inc., the 4,600 person digital content solutions pioneer, headquartered in the US with primary operations in New Delhi, announces a significant expansion of its eLearning operations across India. Based in Pune since 2000, Aptara’s eLearning Center of Excellence designs and builds online training courses, modules, and portals for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. With plans to grow by fifty percent …

Karthick R of NIT, Kozhikode wins MobMe’s CodeJAM Contest Finals. Karthik Bags The Price Money of Rs. One Lakh Karthick R, final year student of Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode won the finals of the MobME CodeJam Contest and bagged the prize money of Rs. one lakh. Sony Joy, Co-Founder of MobME gave away …

Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) received this year’s ComputerWorld Honors Program Laureate awards for two of its projects in the award categories viz. Economic Opportunity and Health. The award recognizes men, women, organizations and institutions around the world whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. The Awards are instituted by International Data Group (IDG), …

>>Ladies with mops to wash the car is a common sight in almost all the petrol bunks in Trivandrum city.  I had a traumatic experience at one of the pumps last week. When I reached the bunk, I asked the lady on duty to fill the petrol for Rs.300 and gave the amount. Meantime, another lady coming through the front …

According to Kaspersky Labs, a monstrous piece of malware called TDL-4, claimed 4.5 million computers in the first three months of 2011, and it’s still growing. TDL-4 infects computer and copies itself to another over the internet. This network of compromised computers is called a “botnet,” and cybercriminals end up gaining control of the infected computers. Experts say that this one is …

The rapid expansion of Technopark in Trivandrum has rapidly changed the entire human ecology of the capital and its suburbs.  So far no serious studies have been undertaken to analyze the social and economic effect this IT hub has created. With 30,000 odd IT employees concentrated at one place and its economic flow has surely, to a small extent, altered …

In Netherlands, Ministry of Economic Affairs and consulting firm McKinsey & Company started ‘New Venture’ as a business plan competition to support innovative start-ups. And the competition as usual was held in 2011 also. And the finally the announcement came. The Food Innovation Award 2011 goes to the south Indian recipes  ‘MEENU’s Idli. South Indian recipe ‘Idli’ is unfamiliar for the …

Technopark has set up a helpline to check on the credential of firms advertising for jobs through various mediums. This decision has come into effect after receiving frequent complaints of companies conducting job interviews assuring employment in Technopark and collecting money promising jobs. Those who wish to find out about the firms’ credentials can call Mr. Abhilash D S, Officer …

The dream IT project of Kochi, the Smart City, may soon get metro rail connectivity. The state government has decided to extend the alignment of Kochi Metro Rail to the proposed Smart City site. The authorities will soon start the study for foxing the alignment for the new route. “We have decided to extend the alignment. It will be fixed …

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said there was no need for any anxiety with regard to land acquisition for the much delayed Kochi Metro Rail project, which is now estimated to cost about Rs 5000 crore. The land acquisition process has to be completed within six months. The government would be formulating a new land acquisition policy keeping in …

The first phase of the proposed mega IT project, Smart City Kochi, would be commissioned before Oct 31, 2012, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Thursday.The Oommen Chandy-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government, which had first finalised the project during its previous term, held its first meeting Thursday with the builder of the project, Smart City Dubai. Addressing reporters here …

IT Kerala announced that the Central Ministry of Commerce has given final notification for the 25 acres of land identified to set up Cyberpark Kozhikode which will be known as IT/ITES Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Cyberpark Kozhikode is Kerala IT’s foray into the Malabar region of the State. Kerala IT has procured a total of 43 acres of land for …

Trivandrum, June 23, 2011 – 12 students from Cleveland State University (CSU), Ohio, USA, visited Technopark as part of their “India Study” programme. The team led by Dr. Murali D Nair, Director of School of Social Work, CSU was briefed about the Indian IT industry and Kerala IT scenario. Mervin Alexander, CEO, Technopark participated in an interactive session with them. …